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Friday, April 11, 2008

Happy New Sweater!

I have tons of love for this new sweater! I really wasn't sure how it would turn out; substituting a woolier, less-drapey yarn, the weird yoke, the bell sleeves, the ruffle at the bottom. But I worked it, bay-bee. And I love it!

Really, I could use about 100 exclamation points during the course of this entry(!), but I will spare you any more gushing. Here's the back:

Mods: Obviously, I omitted the ombre effect that they used in the magazine sample and went with one color yarn. I also added a four stitch seedstitch button band to the front. I omitted the buttonholes in the yoke while knitting the fronts, but placed a marker where they were supposed to go, so I could put them in the same spots when I knit the button band.

It's simply gorgeous-I saw the progress from time to time and the finished sweater is stunning. It looks so much better than what they had in the magazine photo! I also LOVE the new batch of Sophie's Toes I had delivered to my doorstep on Saturday-YUMMY :) Many thanks!